On 18 Jun 2003 07:25:41 -0700, kernelsandas@yahoo.co.uk (Kernel
Sandas) wrote:

>You are walking down the street and see a girl with a perfect body
>and beautiful hair just ahead of you. You think she must be very
>good looking and want to see her face. You think about hurrying on
>ahead and sneaking a look back, or somehow making her turn round so
>you can see her face. Anyway, somehow you manage to get a look at
>her face and it turns out to be very plain or downright ugly.
>
>Someone once told me there was a word in Japanese for this situation.
>If anyone knows the word or an english equivalent, please let me know.

No idea about the Japanese, but my father-in-law would say,

"Nice from far but far from nice."

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